Publication: Hugo Gernsback: Father of Science Fiction

Publication: Hugo Gernsback: Father of Science FictionPublication Record # 585700
Author: Sam Moskowitz
Date: 1959-00-00
Publisher: Criterion Linotyping & Printing Co.
Pages: 32
Format:
ph^?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
Type: NONFICTION
Notes:
- 'Criterion Linotyping & Printing Co., Inc. New York 1959' on the titlepage.
- Most interior art is from early Gernsback magazine covers. See the tiles for earlier appearance.
- Page 4 has a photo of Hugo Gernsback at age 75
- An extensively rewritten version of the Moskowitz essay was later published in Explorers of the Infinite
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 1804862
- Reginald-1: 10452

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

3 • Happy Birthday, Hugo! • essay by John Glassman
4 • Hugo Gernsback at 75 • interior artwork by uncredited
5 • Hugo Gernsback: Father of Science Fiction • essay by Sam Moskowitz
16 • Early Space Ship Interior • interior artwork by uncredited (variant of cover art for Modern Electrics, February 1912 1912)
18 • Radar Predicted in 1911 • interior artwork by uncredited (variant of cover art for Modern Electrics, December 1911 1911)
20 • Baron Munchhausen on the Moon • interior artwork by Frank R. Paul (variant of cover art for Amazing Stories, February 1928 1928) [as by uncredited]
28 • Premier Earth Satellite • interior artwork by Frank R. Paul (variant of cover art for Science Wonder Stories, August 1929 1929)
30 • Saucer Souvenir • interior artwork by Frank R. Paul (variant of cover art for Science Wonder Stories, November 1929 1929)

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